Fireman
BORN COLUMBO, SRI LANKA, 1893. SERVED ON THE HULL SHIP 'ZARA'. LOST AT SEA ON 13TH APRIL 1917, AGED 24, THROUGH ENEMY ACTION. HIS DEATH IS RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY & CWGC RECORDS. TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. SS Zara, built by Wm. Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow in 1897 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman' […]
3rd Engineer
, BELFAST, , NORTHERN IRELAND, United Kingdom
Died on
13/04/1917
Aged
36
BORN BELFAST 1881. WIFE ELIZABETH - 2 BEDEQUE STREET, BELFAST. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. SS Zara, built by Wm. Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow in 1897 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman's Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 1.331 tons. On April 13th, 19 […]
Fireman
BORN SIERRA LEONE 1894. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. SS Zara, built by Wm. Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow in 1897 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman's Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 1.331 tons. On April 13th, 1917, Zara, on a voyage from London to Tr […]
Fireman
BORN JAMAICA 1873. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. SS Zara, built by Wm. Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow in 1897 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman's Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 1.331 tons. On April 13th, 1917, Zara, on a voyage from London to Trondhj […]
2nd Engineer
Born at Benares, India. Wife Hilda Fentiman (nee Jolly), of Pickering Cottage, Lostock Hall, Preston, Lancs. Son of the late Albert and Mary Fentiman. SS Zara, built by Wm. Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow in 1897 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman's Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 1.331 tons. On April 13th, […]
Steward
BORN HULL 1884. ELDEST SON OF THOMAS CHANTRY FROW (1857-1933) & THE LATE SARAH HUTCHCROFT (1859-1905), OF 19 , FENCHURCH STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. BOTH BROTHERS, CHARLES (ROYAL NAVY) AND ROBERT FROW (RAMC), ALSO SERVED IN THE WAR. BEFORE THE WAR THOMAS FROW WORKED AS A STEWARD ON FOR THE WILSONSHIPPING L […]
1st Mate
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF JOSEPH BONNER & CHARLOTTE GOLIGHTLY. HIS FATHER WAS A MARINE, FIREMAN, FROM DURHAM. WILLIAM MARRIED ALICE JILLINGS, AT SCULCOATES IN 1910. THEY LIVED AT 71 , QUEENS ROAD, HULL, HE WAS INDENTURED INTO THE MERCHANT NAVY AS AN APPRENTIICE, ON 06/05/1897, AGED 14. HE SERVED AS CHIEF OFFICER. LOST ON THE STEAM SHI […]
Able Seaman
BORN LONDON 1863. HE IS LISTED IN HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. COMMEMORTAED AT TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. NOTE: TWO JOHN LYONS, LIVING AT 98 NORTH STREET, HULL AND 16 SOMERSET TERRACE, STANIFORTH PLACE, HULL (ABSENT VOTER RECORDS). SS Zara, built by Wm. Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow in 1897 and owned at the time of her loss b […]
Steward
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ARTHUR POPPLETON (1861-1955) & ADA OLIPHANT HOWARD (HARWOODD) (1869-1920), OF 38, GLASGOW STREET, HULL AND 152, PLANE STREET, HULL. SON OF A SHIP SMITH. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HIS BROTHER, HAROLD POPPLETON SERVED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WALTER WAS A STEWARD IN THE MERCHANT NAVY. HE DRO […]
Bosun
2 RUGMERE AVENUE, REGENT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
13/04/1917
Aged
51
BORN HULL 1866. SON OF THOMAS THOMPSON (1826-1892) & MARY ANN BACKHOUSE (1830-1917) of 119 REGENT STREET, HULL. A MERCHANT NAVY MAN. DROWNED 13/04/1917, AGED 51. HE LEFT £212 TO HIS SISTER, ADA FOSTER, WIFE OF JOHN FOSTER AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. SS Zara, built by Wm. Hami […]
Donkeyman
BORN MADRAS, INDIA 1882. SON OF ISSAC EVAN WALTERS AND CAROLINE MARY DOWNING. ONE OF FOUR SONS. HE MARRIED ON 26/05/1901. HIS WIFE MARY ELLEN (TAYLOR) LIVED AT 126 , ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. HE SERVED ON THE STEAM SHIP, "ZARA". DROWNED AT SEA ON THE 13TH APRIL 1917, AGED 35. HIS DEATH IS RECORDED ON THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR. […]
